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Turn up the excitement at the next barbecue with a twist on a classic condiment in this blueberry recipe for a berry fruity homemade ketchup. This blueberry recipe for ketchup is both healthier and tastier than the original tomato-based varieties and brings a sweet complement to savory burgers and fries. […]

I regularly search Greenloop for products – I love the eco-designers and apparel they feature. But what I just stumbled upon is even cooler. Greenloop hosted a Reshirt Cutting Contest where readers entered a refurbished top to win a $300 gift certificate to the site. Unfortunately, the contest ended May […]

TV shows and movies make breakups look so glamorous, don’t they? In reality, getting over a breakup isn’t that easy, especially minus the montage set to a hit song. I mean sure, you can throw some REM on in the background as you’re choosing between blue track pants or gray, […]

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Hey,everyone,we just snagged some great EcoSalon-only deals for you from VivaTerra if you’rein need of last-minute Christmas gifts. Hurry hurry! These are perfect gifts for teachers,bosses,neighbors,the soccer coach,your favorite couple or extended family.

Many years ago while traveling through Peru,I finally grasped how truly wealthy we are here in the United States. Even the simple gear I took with me in my traveling backpack –aWalkman and a clip-on digital clock –wereconsidered items of great luxury by the northern […]

Gratitude: it’snot easy when everything around me tells me I need "more,different,bigger and better"inorder to be happy. How,then,to be grateful for what I actually have? I admit,I want the finer things in life (like organic food and a straw bale house!), and […]

It is the tail end of summer in New York, and I’m having a hard time following the commonly held “green” recommendation to keep my thermostat set to 78 degrees. Believe me, I have my reasons. For one thing, I am at a point in my life where estrogen is […]

He texts but never calls, has a close girl “friend” and still loves mommy more than anyone. Run for the hills, honey. Dating dealbreakers are a touchy subject. It’s common knowledge that sticking to lists of musts and rules is no way to find a man (or woman). But while […]

Not in the mood to choke down yet another gritty serving of Emergen-C? Boost your body from the inside out with powerful foods that help your immune system function optimally. Just incorporate these healthy foods into your diet to strengthen your immune system in a way your taste buds can […]

With winter starting to bite, there’s nothing quite like the savory heat of a chili-seasoned dish or drink to chase the cold away. But let’s not be silly about it. Like other members of the pepper family, chilis are delicious, with a subtle, bittersweet taste. But that’s not what they’re […]

Jemima Kirke, of HBO’s “Girls” recently shared her abortion story with the Center for Reproductive Rights. Kirke’s story is similar to many women’s abortion stories as it was very difficult for her to afford the procedure. As she said: It wasn’t totally unavailable, and that’s the tricky part — there […]

Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen By Anna Lappé and Bryant Terry Grub isn’t just the title of this book; it’s a whole new way of eating. In the first section of the book, the authors lay out what is wrong with our modern industrial food system: Factory farming, […]

As women, we are always searching for a product to leave our skin looking young and radiant. But only recently have we come to learn that less is more, especially in terms of what we’re putting on our faces. With an overabundance of chemical-laden products on the market, I choose […]

There’s something sickeningly fun about flying off the handle. But the raised blood pressure and wake of problems that can result are clearly not doing you – or anyone around you – any good. Chronic anger is like psychic pollution. It ruins everybody’s mood. Here’s how to clean up your […]

There are two types of honey out there, and one is predominantly found in stores. I like the other type. Real honey is a luscious, creamy liquid full of complex flavor and even a little bite. Real honey looks a bit like hand cream. The good stuff will form tiny, […]

In last week’s column I introduced you to the thriving (and surprising) feminist porn movement. Since then, we’ve witnessed a violent, gratuitous rape scene on “Game of Thrones” and were exposed to a repugnant stream of frat boy text messages rife with relentless misogyny. Just another day in the cesspool […]

Germany has officially recognized the intersex option for newborns. New parents can exit a hospital with all the necessary paperwork, only in the case of intersex babies, the parents need check neither ‘male’ nor ‘female’ on the birth certificate. Intersex is now officially a third gender option. The new law […]

If you learned everything you know about “cougar women” from “The Graduate” or even “Sex and the City,” you’re still woefully ignorant about a very common dating scenario. There’s nothing predatory about older women dating younger men. The Mrs. Robinson myth is alive and well, despite major cultural shifts in […]

Atop my counter, at all times, sit tea towel-covered glass jars full of vegetables in varying states of bubbliness. I’ve made sauerkraut with beets, cabbage, Russian kale, Daikon radish – just about any winter vegetable. In short, I’ve become addicted to anything fermented. It started when I had to kick […]

Here’s another soy recipe using soy in its traditional, minimally-processed form. Fermented soy products are healthiest of all. Even though tofu is not fermented, Korean cuisine includes plenty of other fermented foods, including kimchi. I’m guessing this is just another example of the natural, wise balance of many traditional cuisines. […]

Looks like crayon giant Crayola may have its first serious competition with the eco-conscious: Prang’s Soybean based crayons. While Crayola crayons are made from paraffin wax that’s heated then stored in tanks, Prang is proud to say that their first new crayon in 100 years is made from environmentally-friendly soybean […]

When I first started learning about organic makeup, I pictured butterflies alighting on biodynamic fields of lavender and organic rose petals magically ground into lipsticks. And yes, maybe it is like that – somewhere, in someone’s pretty organic fantasyland. In reality, the world of organic cosmetics is much more like […]

To meet our future energy requirements, we need to rely on a huge range of alternative sources. Let’s not forget the whimsical beginnings of our efforts to harness electricity (I’m referring to the kite of Benjamin Franklin). It’s only fitting that electricity generation technologies come from left field. Cars. Let’s […]

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If you want the whole happy marriage thing, just keep these tips in mind. Being that I’m a commitment-phobe in the worst possible way, I’m not sure if marriage is in the cards for me. I feel like the only way I’m ever going to be in a successful relationship, […]

All the feels women have when they see a new penis. When it comes to penises, what qualities are most important to a woman? Because the world would end as we know it without an answer to this question, researchers in Switzerland took one for the team and found out. […]

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What if you found out your guy’s been man whoring it up on Ashley Madison? Ashley Madison, the super classy site for married cheaters—tagline “Life Is Short. Have An Affair”—was recently hacked. (I know, heartbreaking, right?) The company’s data is being held hostage by a group of hackers who call […]

As a kid, I watched a lot of those PBS National Geographic type shows that visited Indigenous cultures around the world. And I always got knots in my stomach when the camera panned over topless women with elongated sagging breasts. It wasn’t the esthetics of it—I was too young to […]

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Signs you might be taking the whole single life thing a little too far. The single life is awesome—the freedom, the endless amounts of “me time,” the fact that wearing pants is no longer mandatory—but there comes a time in every single woman’s life where she starts picking up “single […]

As a kid, I watched a lot of those PBS National Geographic type shows that visited Indigenous cultures around the world. And I always got knots in my stomach when the camera panned over topless women with elongated sagging breasts. It wasn’t the esthetics of it—I was too young to […]

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Science says men who clean the house have less sex. Here’s why science can suck it. Back in the day—okay, 2013—a study came out that said men who do more chores around the house have less sex than husbands who don’t clean the house as much. (Can I meet the […]

There are a lot of loaded words falling out of people’s mouths these days. Many of these words are gendered and their traditional definitions are awful. Since society is changing… slowly… very slowly… I think it’s time to put a positive spin on these words. I mean, they obviously aren’t […]